[Gllug] Monthly GLLUG grammar report (Seriously OT now!)

Tue Nov 26 12:06:32 UTC 2002

On Tuesday, 26 Nov 2002, Jonathan Harker wrote:
>Or split infinitives - Star Trek's "To boldly go" has caused much wailing and 
>gnashing of teeth ever since.

There's nothing wrong with split infinitives; English is not Latin.
Fowler doesn't object to them where the alternative would be clumsy.

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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?

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